Sony has acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion - briefly
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Sony has announced that it has acquired the studio behind the original Halo and the Destiny games, Bungie. According to the company, Sony has acquired Bungie for $3.6 billion.
Sony Interactive Entertainment has agreed to acquire video game
developer Bungie for $3.6 billion, adding to a flurry of video game
consolidation this month.
Bungie is the developer behind the multiplayer shooter games Destiny
and Halo, the latter of which it developed until 2010. Bungie was
acquired by Microsoft in 2000 and split from Microsoft in 2007.
While smaller than both Take-Two’s $12.7 billion deal for Zynga and
Microsoft’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard this month,
Sony is acquiring the company that, with Halo, helped launch
Microsoft’s first Xbox in 2001.
The “Halo” franchise has been developed by Microsoft’s 343 Industries
since 2011. The latest game, Halo Infinite, launched on Xbox and
Windows in 2021.
“Bungie has created and continues to evolve some of the world’s most
beloved videogame franchises and, by aligning its values with people’s
desire to share gameplay experiences, they bring together millions of
people around the world,” said Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President
and CEO, Sony Group Corporation, in a statement.
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Updated:05:18 PM CET Jan,09
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